2 Samuel 12:8

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And I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto you more things.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Wives. We know of none that David married. But, as king, he enjoyed alone that privilege. (Grotius) (Chap. iii. 7., and xvi. 21.) Unto thee. Hebrew, "I would have given thee such and such. "(Calmet) Septuagint, "I will moreover give thee like unto these "a continuation of prosperity. (Haydock) This singular love, which God was still disposed to manifest unto David, touched his heart with peculiar force. (Salien)

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